Datasheet

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THE NEW LUMEN VALUES
From September 1, 2010 certain lamps will be subject to extended labeling requirements in the
European Union. The aim is to enable consumers to make simple comparisons between lighting
products in terms of their efficiency and environmental impact.
The most important aspects:
In the future only lamps in Energy Class A may be labeled as energy-saving lamps. If the percent-
age energy savings of these lamps are indicated in comparison with conventional incandescent
lamps the value given must be exact. For lamps that are not in Energy Class A the energy savings
may no longer be displayed on the packaging.
Furthermore, legislators have announced that additional detailed information needs to be shown
for certain lamps, and OSRAM already does this – see the next double page.
The lumen as the new standard.
As incandescent lamps gradually disappear from the
market it will no longer make sense to use the watt as a
reference value for the light output of a lamp. Modern
lamp technologies need very different amounts of power
to produce the same light output. It is therefore more
appropriate to indicate the luminous flux in lumen. This
unit is defined as all the light emitted from a light source
in all directions. The brightness of different lamp types
can therefore be easily compared.
Uniform information.